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Thinking about adding an Alocasia to your houseplant collection? They're excellent plants to have in the home. Join houseplant enthusiast Melissa Strauss for tips on caring for your new potted alocasia.
Clean and pristine gardens leave little room for wildlife. Help the local critters in your neighborhood by leaving dead wood for them to inhabit—all kinds of animals, from birds to bugs, frequent these woody habitats. Join native plant gardener Jerad Bryant to learn how to create a log pile habitat in your yard.
Adding an Alocasia ‘Polly’ plant to your home is a simple way to add a striking touch to any room. Farmer Briana Yablonski shares how to care for these plants so they remain stunning.
If your mum isn’t blooming as fall moves along, an adjustment or two in growing conditions can trigger buds to burst. There are also steps during the growing season that, with the right timing, promote the best blooms in autumn. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores why a mum isn’t blooming and how to boost the display to celebrate the season.
Succulents are some of the easiest plants to care for, and make excellent houseplants. If you love dark and moody plants, there are some wonderful succulent varieties that would be perfect for your collection. Take a look at these stunning specimens to add to your planters.
Attract birds with plants that offer them food, shelter, and a nesting site. Local birds are a sign of a healthy ecosystem, and the garden is a good place to start helping them. These nine trees, shrubs, and herbaceous perennials are the perfect bird-attracting plants to grow in October.
You don't have to own acres to make a difference to local wildlife; there are many things you can do to support wildlife in your small space garden. Beekeeper and pollinator enthusiast Melissa Strauss has advice for creating a sustainable space in whatever space you can spare.
’Limelight’ hydrangea trees bring the classic huge creamy white-to-green blooms in a standard form. With a single trunk and a canopy of flowers, the dreamy specimens punctuate the border and container arrangement. Garden expert Katherine Rowe explores the appeal of big-blooming ‘Limelight’ hydrangea trees and how best to grow them.
Perennial ornamental grasses offer years of extended seasonal interest as well as ecosystem services. Garden expert Katherine Rowe highlights perennial grasses to plant before fall’s frost for a foundation of rustling blades and airy plumes.
Fragrant bulbs flowers are unparalleled in their ability to fill a room and a garden, with their intoxicating perfume. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss has some of the most wonderfully fragrant bulb flowers to share that you can use for making your own garden a sweet-smelling paradise.
Not all mulches are created equal! Some work better than others for specific yard projects. Which type to use, organic or synthetic, depends on your growing goals and your garden’s setup. Learn which is best for your yard alongside backyard gardener Jerad Bryant.
Pooling water, eroded soil, and waterlogged plants all result from a flooded garden. But there are things you can do to have a flood proof garden, even before it’s planted out! Seasoned gardener, Sarah Jay, has tips to help you improve drainage in your growing space.